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57351. New variant of coronavirus being investigated in England, says WHOPublished: December 15, 2020 10:03:11

The World Health Organization (WHO) is aware of a new variant of Covid-19 that has emerged in Britain, but there is no evidence the strain behaves differently to existing types...


57352. US imposes sanction on Turkey over defence system purchase from RussiaPublished: December 15, 2020 09:47:54

The United States imposed long-anticipated sanctions on Turkey on Monday over Ankara’s acquisition of Russian S-400 air defence systems, further complicating already strained ties between the two NATO allies. Turkey...


57353. Padma Bridge toll policy to be recommended by a committeePublished: December 15, 2020 09:27:54

Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has formed a committee to work on a new toll policy for the much-hyped Padma Bridge as the 6.15-km bridge has become visible with completion of...


57354. Local startup goes global as weDevs hits 50,000 marketplacesPublished: December 15, 2020 09:14:42

A local startup has emerged as a global player in e-commerce solutions, making it a million-dollar company in a short span of time. weDevs, the software product service provider, is...


57355. RMG wage hike pulls in males, pushes out females: StudyPublished: December 15, 2020 09:00:56

The growing demand for skilled labour and revised wage structure has lured male workers into joining the readymade garment (RMG) industry, which has decreased female participation ratio, according to a...


57356. edotco Bangladesh becomes first TowerCo in country to receive ISO 9001:2015 CertificationPublished: December 14, 2020 23:46:44

edotco Bangladesh, the leading regional integrated telecommunications infrastructure services company, has been awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2015 accreditation by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for its development, operation and,...


57357. vivo V20 SE with 5 unique featuresPublished: December 14, 2020 23:28:29

 December 14, 2020:  Smartphone manufacturer company Vivo this year focused on vivo V series phones. vivo started this year with the launch of V19, then V20 and next another star...


57358. No health cards for over 90pc of Dhaka’s rickshaw-pullers: Survey  Published: December 14, 2020 22:36:34

Less than 10 per cent of the rickshaw-pullers working and living in Dhaka city round the year have health cards to seek services from urban primary healthcare providers, reveals a...


57359. US begins Covid-19 vaccinations, ICU nurse gets NY’s first vaccinePublished: December 14, 2020 22:18:49

New York on Monday inoculated its first healthcare worker, an intensive care unit nurse in Queens, with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, marking a pivotal turn in the US effort to...


57360. Parveen Mahmud retained as the chairperson of UCEP Board of GovernorsPublished: December 14, 2020 22:05:32

The 32nd Annual General Meeting of UCEP Bangladesh, a non-government organisation, was held on December 14 (Monday) at UCEP Bangladesh’s Head Office in Mirpur, Dhaka to elect the new Board...


57361. Fog-covered roads, rivers  Published: December 14, 2020 21:40:11

Although winter is traditionally a jovial time in this summer-dominant land, it has its many woeful aspects. A few of them veritably blight the otherwise pleasant season. They appear in...


57362. Being part of knowledge economy  Published: December 14, 2020 21:36:53

Knowledge as a concept can be defined in various ways. According to Albert Einstein knowledge is action. And it is pure information if not put into action. So, a person...


57363. Use, misuse of robots and AIPublished: December 14, 2020 21:30:24

Two recent news items published and broadcast in the world media clearly give hints at the changes in some complicated human activities in the future. Most of these jobs are...


57364. Court imposes injunction on using domain titled ‘facebook.com.bd’Published: December 14, 2020 21:18:34

A Dhaka Court on Monday issued an ad-interim injunction till further order upon using a domain under the title of ‘facebook.com.bd’.  Judge of the District and Sessions Judge’s Court of...


57365. Man kills himself at court premises failing to reunite with wife, sonPublished: December 14, 2020 21:02:30

A 32-year-old Hafizur Rahman stabbed himself to death at the court premises in Habiganj, failing to get his wife and eight-month-old son back. The incident took place at the Habiganj...


57366. Drug admin destroys expired medicines of Tk 301m from Jan to OctPublished: December 14, 2020 21:00:42

The Directorate General of Drug Administration has withdrawn and destroyed date expired medicines from the market worth Tk 301.42 million of various drug companies from January to October this year...


57367. Third phase polls to 64 municipalities Jan 30Published: December 14, 2020 20:27:43

The third phase elections to 64 municipalities of different districts will be held on January 30 as per the schedule announced by the Election Commission (EC) on Monday, reports UNB....


57368. Anti-liberation forces hatching conspiracy against sculptures: TofailPublished: December 14, 2020 20:26:25

Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed on Monday said anti-liberation forces are hatching a conspiracy against sculptures. “Today the people of the country have become united against those who are hatching...


57369. Relocation may create new obstacles to resolving Rohingya crisis, BNP saysPublished: December 14, 2020 20:18:57

BNP on Monday strongly opposed the relocation of Rohingyas to Bhashan Char, saying it has manifested the government’s ‘limitless diplomatic and political failures’ to resolve the problem. In a press...


57370. Estimating the economic impacts of Padma BridgePublished: December 14, 2020 20:17:21

Construction of Padma Bridge is expected to generate welfare for the people of Bangladesh in general and the people of Southwest in particular. The benefits are expected to arise from...


57371. EU drug regulator under pressure to approve Pfizer/BioNTech vaccinePublished: December 14, 2020 20:14:13

Europe's drug regulator is under increasing pressure to quickly approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by US giant Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech, officials said, as inoculations get started in Britain and...


57372. Bangladesh: A strong champion of women, peace and security issuesPublished: December 14, 2020 20:05:16

Bangladesh is a strong advocate for the promotion of women, peace, and security agenda. The sexual violence that was inflicted on 200,000 of our women during our war of liberation...


57373. Google's YouTube, Gmail recover after global outagePublished: December 14, 2020 19:59:12

Google services, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were restored for most users on Monday, following a global outage that affected thousands. Google's website that logs outages said the services...


57374. Pandemic fallout may lead to corporate, household debt defaults: ICCB presidentPublished: December 14, 2020 19:11:27

As the second wave of Covid-19 has started affecting Europe and America, emerging economies like Bangladesh will also struggle and have to tackle a number of economic effects of the...


57375. All Google services including Gmail, YouTube down across the globePublished: December 14, 2020 18:37:03

Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google search, were down for millions of users across the world. Downdetector confirmed the outage saying that the issues started at around 11:56 GMT,...


57376. Bangabandhu T20 Cup: Dhaka knock Barishal out of the racePublished: December 14, 2020 18:34:00

Beximco Dhaka knocked Fortune Barishal out of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup on Monday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Dhaka batted first after winning the toss and posted 150 for eight...


57377. Chattogram city polls on January 27 after pandemic delay Published: December 14, 2020 17:33:47

The election commission has scheduled the Chattogram City Corporation polls for January 27, after a delay of more than eight months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Md Alamgir, senior secretary...


57378. Bangladesh registers 37 deaths, 1,799 new virus casesPublished: December 14, 2020 17:28:04

Bangladesh has recorded 1,799 new cases of the coronavirus infection in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 492,332, reports bdnew24.com. The death toll climbed to...


57379. IFRC hands over four ambulances, sample collection van to BDRCSPublished: December 14, 2020 17:22:17

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has handed over four new ambulances and a COVID-19 sample collection van to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to...


57380. BTRC gets new chairmanPublished: December 14, 2020 17:20:33

The government has appointed Shyam Sunder Sikder, a former secretary of the government, as the chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The Ministry of Public Administration issued a...


57381. 116 doctors, 40 journalists die amid pandemic in BangladeshPublished: December 14, 2020 17:14:16

At least 116 physicians in Bangladesh died of Covid-19 so far with one more death on Monday, according to the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA). Meanwhile, some 8,092 health workers so...


57382. 38 NRBs to get CIP statusPublished: December 14, 2020 16:58:48

The government has selected 38 non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to award commercially important person (CIP) status for their significant role in the country’s economy. The Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas...


57383. Stocks stay afloat as large-cap stocks keep gainingPublished: December 14, 2020 16:52:05

Stocks extended the winning streak for the fourth straight session on Monday as investors put a fresh stake on stocks amid growing confidence in the market. DSEX, the key index...


57384. Another ‘wartime bomb’ found at HSIA’s third terminal sitePublished: December 14, 2020 16:48:53

Another 250 kg bomb, believed to be dropped during the Liberation War in 1971, was recovered at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. The airport authorities found the bomb...


57385. Bangladeshi gets death penalty for murder in SingaporePublished: December 14, 2020 16:14:19

A Bangladeshi painter has been sentenced to death for killing his Indonesian girlfriend in a Singapore hotel in 2018. Ahmed Salim, 31, had strangled domestic worker Nurhidayati Wartono Surata for...


57386. Global Covid cases cross 72mPublished: December 14, 2020 16:13:47

Countries and regions around the world have recorded more than 72 million Covid-19 cases with over 1.61 million fatalities since it was first reported in China about a year ago,...


57387. China increass internet sector scrutiny, fines Alibaba, Tencent under anti-trust lawsPublished: December 14, 2020 16:08:39

China warned its internet giants on Monday that it would not tolerate monopolistic practices and to brace for increased scrutiny, as it slapped fines and announced probes into deals involving...


57388. Govt to suspend flights for COVID certificate breachPublished: December 14, 2020 15:55:18

The government has announced that the flights of airlines bringing passengers from abroad without COVID-negative certificates will be suspended for up to four weeks.  “It is observed with great concern...


57389. IUB pays tribute to Trustee Freedom Fighters in Mujib CentenaryPublished: December 14, 2020 15:36:04

As part of celebrating ‘Mujib Centenary’ and the 49th victory day of Bangladesh, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently organised a remarkable event to pay tribute to the ‘Freedom Fighter Trustees’...


57390. DSCC mayor urges all to remain alert against communal fundamentalist forcesPublished: December 14, 2020 14:38:53

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh urged everyone to remain alert until the communal fundamentalist forces are completely wiped out. “We have seen that the communal...


57391. From Charyageeti to rock-popPublished: December 14, 2020 14:21:57

It is often said that if you want to firm up your body, head to the gym, and if you want to exercise your brain, listen to music. In Bangladesh,...


57392. UN agency says over 400,000 flee militant attacks in MozambiquePublished: December 14, 2020 14:05:18

At least 400,000 people have fled militant attacks in northern Mozambique, the United Nations refugee agency said, warning that the crisis could quickly spread beyond the country’s borders if regional...


57393. Eight get death penalty for killing child after rape in ChattogramPublished: December 14, 2020 13:34:08

A Chattogram court has sentenced eight people to death for their roles in the murder of a nine-year-old child after rape about three years ago. The verdict was passed by...


57394. US Electoral College meeting today to formally pick Biden as next presidentPublished: December 14, 2020 13:33:16

US Electors will gather in state capitols across the country on Monday to formally vote for Joe Biden as the next president, effectively ending President Donald Trump’s frenzied but failing...


57395. British espionage writer John le Carré diesPublished: December 14, 2020 12:29:38

British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89, following a short illness, his literary agent has said. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, and Tinker, Tailor,...


57396. Gadkhali, Panisara flower villages ready with flowers for national eventsPublished: December 14, 2020 12:16:46

Gadakhali and Panisara flower growers in Jashore’s Jhikargachha are ready with their produce as national events such as the Victory Day, 16 December, are now around the corner. On the...


57397. China's spacecraft begins journey from moon to return to EarthPublished: December 14, 2020 11:28:39

A Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon has begun its journey back to Earth, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, putting China on course to...


57398. America's historic vaccine shipment starts offering 'hope' to millionsPublished: December 14, 2020 11:17:03

Cargo planes and trucks with the first US shipments of coronavirus vaccine fanned out from FedEx and UPS hubs in Tennessee and Kentucky on Sunday en route to distribution points...


57399. US firm eyes heavy investment in solar, LNG-based power sectorsPublished: December 14, 2020 11:10:26

US infrastructure giant Eleris Energy Ltd is keen to invest heavily in Bangladesh's solar and integrated LNG-based power sectors. The company intends to implement three mega solar power projects and...


57400. President, PM pay homage to martyred intellectualsPublished: December 14, 2020 11:06:25

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their homage to the martyred intellectuals of 1971, as the nation observes Martyred Intellectuals Day, bdnews24.com reports. The Pakistan forces...